WO1998038538A1 - Nouveaux materiaux de revetement pour conduits de lumiere liquides - Google Patents

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WO1998038538A1
WO1998038538A1 PCT/EP1998/001054 EP9801054W WO9838538A1 WO 1998038538 A1 WO1998038538 A1 WO 1998038538A1 EP 9801054 W EP9801054 W EP 9801054W WO 9838538 A1 WO9838538 A1 WO 9838538A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/032—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating with non solid core or cladding
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08J—WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
    • C08J7/00—Chemical treatment or coating of shaped articles made of macromolecular substances
    • C08J7/04—Coating
    • C08J7/0427—Coating with only one layer of a composition containing a polymer binder
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08J—WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
    • C08J7/00—Chemical treatment or coating of shaped articles made of macromolecular substances
    • C08J7/04—Coating
    • C08J7/043—Improving the adhesiveness of the coatings per se, e.g. forming primers
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    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B1/00—Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are made; Optical coatings for optical elements
    • G02B1/04—Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are made; Optical coatings for optical elements made of organic materials, e.g. plastics
    • G02B1/045—Light guides
    • G02B1/048—Light guides characterised by the cladding material
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08J—WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
    • C08J2427/00—Characterised by the use of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a halogen; Derivatives of such polymers

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  • the present invention generally relates to the design of liquid lightguides, e.g. for use in medical endoscopy and in the curing of epoxy in dentistry and in industry, and more specifically to the selection of materials for tube, interior coating layer and for the transparent liquid.
  • Liquid lightguides with internal coating layers are already known since 1988.
  • a liquid core lightguide consisting of a tube made form a carbon fluoropolymer material, coated internally with a thin layer of Teflon® AF, which is a new amorphous fluoropolymer, developed by the DuPont Company, comprising a copolymer of 2,2-bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-difluoro-1 ,3-dioxole (PDD) with tetrafluorethylene (TFE).
  • PDD 2,2-bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-difluoro-1 ,3-dioxole
  • TFE tetrafluorethylene
  • Teflon® AF is also soluble in certain fluorinated liquids, thus allowing for a simple coating procedure via dip coating.
  • the advantages of internally coating plastic tubes, used for liquid lightguides with amorphous fluoropolymers are: Improved transmission due to the lack of crystallinity inside the reflective layer, and, especially when using Teflon® AF, a higher numerical aperture of the lightguide, due to the extreme low value of the refractive index of Teflon® AF, and as a consequence of the increased aperture, less dependence of the transmission on the bending radius of the tube.
  • the internal coating of tubes with Teflon® AF has also some disadvantages: DuPont, being the sole producer of Teflon® AF, charges 10 US$ per gram of the material. This means already considerable cost per meter of liquid lightguide, even with the small thickness of the applied layers being in the range of a few microns.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a illumination system comprising a high power lightsource with a reflecting mirror, a condensor lens and a filter which generates a cone of light of a selected wavelength, from the ultra- violet to the infrared, for acceptance by the aperture of a liquid lightguide.
  • This lightguide comprises a tube, e.g.
  • the liquid lightguide acts as a low loss optical waveguide.
  • the liquid lightguide may be used for example for the transmission of high power ultraviolet light (up to several watts) for curing epoxy at a distance of several meters from the lightsource or for curing fillings in dentistry.
  • the invention is the result of a large number of experiments with different materials for tube, coating layer and transparent liquids.
  • One specific aspect of the invention is to propose a mixture of solid (Teflon® AF) amorphous fluoropolymers and liquid amorphous fluoropolymers (e.g. perfluorinated liquids like perfluoropolyether, PFPE) and to create thus a coating layer with the equivalent performance of one amorphous solid fluoropolymer (Teflon® AF) for a much smaller cost.
  • This mixture advantageously provides a better adhesion of the coating layer to the tube while yielding the same optical properties as pure Teflon® AF.
  • This hydrophobic nature of the perfluorinated liquids cause them to remain within the mixture of the coating layer inspite of frequent bending of the tube e.g. in endoscopic applications.
  • An advantage of the present invention is the substitution of expensive Teflon® AF with a mixture of Teflon® AF and much less expensive perfluorinated liquids like PFPE as the coating layer while achieving the same index of refraction, thus achieving substantially lower material costs.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is the enhanced elasticity and enhanced adhesion of the mixture to the tube, resulting in a longer lifetime for the coating layer and thus the lightguide inspite of frequent bending.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is the hydrophobic nature of the perfluorinated liquids, like PFPE, within the coating layer, which prevents them from being diluted into the aqueous transparent liquid within the tube inspite of frequent bending, thus maintaining the reflective properties of the coating layer over a longer time.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is the possibility to use, besides Teflon® AF, also another solid amorphous fluoropolymer, like Teflon® SF Soluble Fluoropolymer (Teflon® TE-5169A) as additive component for the production of the reflective layer.
  • Teflon® AF also another solid amorphous fluoropolymer, like Teflon® SF Soluble Fluoropolymer (Teflon® TE-5169A) as additive component for the production of the reflective layer.
  • Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional overview of the illuminating system.
  • An illuminating system 10 incorporating the present invention is shown in Fig. 1. It includes a discharge lamp 18, a mirror 20, a condensor 12, an optical filter 14 and a lightguide 16.
  • the lightguide 16 comprises a tube 21 made out of a fluoropolymer plastic which carries internally a thin coating layer 22 of an amorphous fluoropolymer and filled with an optically transparent liquid 23, which is contained within tube 21 at both ends by cylindrical transparent plugs 24 made out of a glass or quartz glass.
  • This system, tube, coating layer and transparent liquid works as a lightguide if the refractive index of the transparent liquid 23 is larger than the refractive index of the coating layer 22.
  • Tube 21 which provides mechanical, thermal and chemical stability, is preferably made out of fluoropolymer plastics like Teflon® FEP, Teflon® PFA, Teflon® PTFE, Teflon®ETFE (all made by DuPont), and PCTFE and THV (all made by 3 M) and Hyflon® MFA (made by Ausimont).
  • fluoropolymer plastics like Teflon® FEP, Teflon® PFA, Teflon® PTFE, Teflon®ETFE (all made by DuPont), and PCTFE and THV (all made by 3 M) and Hyflon® MFA (made by Ausimont).
  • fluoropolymer plastics like Teflon® FEP, Teflon® PFA, Teflon® PTFE, Teflon®ETFE (all made by DuPont), and PCTFE and THV (all made by 3 M) and Hyflon® MFA (made by
  • Hyflon® MFA a new tube material from Ausimont, is a copolymer of TFE (tetrafluoroethylene) and PFMV (perfluoromethyl-vinylether) which matches well with a coating layer of preferably 3 - 6 ⁇ thickness of Teflon® AF to practically equal the optical properties of the tube material Teflon® AF.
  • Teflon® FEP Its attractiveness over Teflon® FEP are higher thermal stability, a higher resistivity against crack formation under stress and a higher flexibility, a feature especially important in medical endoscopy and the curing of dental epoxies.
  • Hyflon® MFA also matches equally well with coating layers of PFPE/Teflon® AF and those of PFPE/Teflon® SF.
  • Tube 21 can also be made out of materials like glass, quartzglass, polycarbonate, siliconelastomer, polyethylene, poiymethylmeta-crylate or polyurethane.
  • Thin coating layer 22 can be made out of an amorphous fluoropolymer like Teflon® AF (Teflon® AF 1600, Teflon® AF 1601 , Teflon® AF2000, Teflon® AF 2400), Teflon® SF (all by DuPont), Cytop (by Assahi).
  • Perfluorinated liquids can be mixed with the solid amorphous fluoropolymers above.
  • the perfluorinated liquid within coating layer 22 can be 0.05 to 3 referenced to Teflon® AF content by weight.
  • Other materials for layer 22 are modifications of Teflon® AF like copolymers of two or more components, e.g. PDD (2,2 Bistrifluoromethyl-4,5-Difluoro-1 ,3-Dioxol) as a basis with TFE (tetrafluoroethylene), with CTFE (chlorotrifluoroethylene) or with PMVE (perfluoromethylvinyl- ether).
  • layer 22 preferably comprises a Teflon® AF material, based on the combination of PDD with TFE, with a glass transition temperature T g less than 180°C, e.g. Teflon® AF 1600, Teflon® AF 1601 or Teflon® AF 1400. It is also possible to use a Teflon® AF material based on the combination of PDD with CTFE with a T g between 200 and 240°C. These materials have a higher solubility in the perfluorinated liquids (e.g. FC 75 by 3 M), recommended by DuPont, and therefor allow the production of coating layers with a larger thickness in the range of 5 ⁇ which is necessary with tubes of Hyflon® MFA for a one-dip coating procedure.
  • Teflon® AF material based on the combination of PDD with TFE, with a glass transition temperature T g less than 180°C, e.g. Teflon® AF 1600, Teflon® AF
  • PFPE amorphous fluoropolymer PFPE consists of C, F and O with the formula:
  • the negligible cost of PFPE compared to that of Teflon® AF drops the cost per meter of lightguide by about 50%.
  • the favorable properties of this type of coating layer facilitates the coating of tubes with a diameter below 3mm and also extend to other non-fluorinated materials like glass, quartzglass etc.
  • the mixed PFPE/AF coated layer shows enhanced elasticity in direct relationship to the proportional PFPE content. Layers made from pure AF are not elastic. The property of elasticity of the coated layer, however, is desirable when tubes made from elastomers like silikon have to be coated internally.
  • the layer consisting of PFPE and Teflon® SF is completely transparent and highly elastic.
  • the transparent liquid 23 can be a mixture of water (H 2 0) or heavy water (D 2 0) or both, or aqueous solutions of H 2 0/D 2 O with CaCI 2 (calcium chloride), with CaBr 2 (calcium bromide), with NaH 2 PU 4 (sodium dihydrogene phosphate), with K 2 HPO4 (di- potassium hydrogen phosphate), or aqueous solutions of H 2 O/D 0 with di- or triethyleneglycol, or with DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide).
  • the transparent liquid 23 can also comprise PCTFE (polychlorotrifluoroethylene) liquid or phenylmethylsilicon liquid.
  • Aqueous inorganic salt solutions are the preferred realization for the transpa- rent liquid due to their capability for ultraviolet light transmission which has significance for curing epoxies.
  • the coating layer contains a large amount of the extremely hydrophobic nonpolar PFPE, with a surface energy of 15 - 20 dyn/cm, it and the aqueous transparent liquid with a high polarity and a high surface energy of 80 dyn/cm provide for a high stability of the lightguide.
  • Example 1 Liquid lightguide with internally coated tube made out of Hyflon® MFA
  • This example compares the optical properties of two liquid lightguides differing only in the material of the internally coated layer and showing the optical equivalences of the more economic material including PFPE to more than 50% by weight: a)
  • One liquid lightguide A has a light active core diameter of 5mm and a total length of 3000mm.
  • This lightguide consists of a Teflon® FEP tubing internally coated with a layer of Teflon® AF 1600, with a thickness of about 3 ⁇ .
  • the PFPE oil can be a Fomblin® oil from Ausimont with a boiling point of 270°C.
  • the ratio of the amount of PFPE versus the amount of Teflon® AF 1600 is 60 : 40 in percents of weight.
  • the thickness of the complex layer of the lightguide of b) is also 3 ⁇ like in the one of a).
  • both lightguides are optically equivalent, also as far as durability is concerned. No deterioration of the optical values of the lightguide of b) has been observed over a period of almost a year.
  • PFPE/Teflon® AF 1600 MFA tubing coated internally with the complex layer: PFPE/Teflon® AF 1600.
  • this MFA tube is internally coated with a layer of Teflon® AF 1600, having a thickness of 3 ⁇ , and baked at 170°C, the transmission goes up from 16% to 60%.
  • Solution A AF 1600 dissolved in FC 75 with a concentration of 4% by weight of AF 1600
  • Solution B PFPE and AF 1600 dissolved in FC 75 by weight of 3% and 2% respectively
  • the PFPE oil may either be a Fomblin® or a Galden® oil from Ausimont , both having a boiling point of 270°C.
  • both Petri dishes are coated with an even and highly transparent thin layer of a polymer. Both Petri dishes are then baked at 180°C for about 10 minutes and slowly cooled down.
  • the complex PFPETeflon® AF layer shows a totally different behavior.
  • Teflon® SF Dupont Soluble Fluoropolymer
  • the FEP tube After the evaporation of the solvent and after baking at 160°C, the FEP tube is internally coated with a completely transparent layer, with a thickness of about 3 ⁇ , and a refractive index of about 1 ,31 , and showing good adhesion TO the FEP substrate.

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L'invention concerne un conduit de lumière liquide comprenant un tube composé d'un fluoropolymère, recouvert sur l'intérieur d'une mince couche de revêtement amorphe, et fermé à ses deux extrémités par des bouchons transparents, pour contenir ainsi un liquide optiquement transparent. Ce liquide peut être une solution aqueuse de sels inorganiques. La couche de revêtement comprend un fluoropolymère solide, comme du Teflon®* AF, de préférence, un mélange d'un fluoropolymère solide et d'un fluoropolymère liquide comme un perfluoropolyéther. Ce mélange est plus économique et assure une meilleure adhésion de la couche au tube, avec une plus grande souplesse du tube tout en pouvant utiliser des diamètres de tubes inférieurs. Les propriétés hydrophobes du mélange en contact avec la solution aqueuse conservent la composition de la couche de revêtement et ainsi, ses propriétés optiques, ce qui augmente ainsi la durée de vie du conduit de lumière.
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EP98912385A EP0963565B1 (fr) 1997-02-28 1998-02-25 Nouveaux materiaux de revetement pour conduits de lumiere liquides
AU67247/98A AU6724798A (en) 1997-02-28 1998-02-25 New coating materials for liquid lightguides
AT98912385T ATE290227T1 (de) 1997-02-28 1998-02-25 Beschichtungszusammensetzungen für flüssige lichtleiter
US09/423,721 US6314227B1 (en) 1997-02-28 1998-02-25 Coating materials for liquid lightguides

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